Liminal Silence
Liminal Silence - “Ballroom for Phantoms”
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Liminal Silence is a post-hardcore duo working between Chicago and Austria, building songs that sit somewhere between control and collapse. Since forming in 2022, they’ve combined atmospheric layers, orchestral elements, and heavy, melody-driven writing into a sound that feels tense and deliberate. Their music circles themes of addiction, mental strain, and repetition. The kind that’s hard to break. There’s a constant push and pull in their songs, shifting from restraint to release without warning, giving each track a sense of weight that sticks.
INTERVIEW:
1. “What moment made you realize you wanted to take music seriously?”
It wasn’t one moment but it was realizing we could build something that actually felt different. We come from completely different backgrounds, but once we started working together, it became about more than just making music. It was about creating something meaningful that people could connect to, and that’s what made us take it seriously.
2. “Say, your music blew up tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d do?”
We’d find a way to bring it to a live setting as fast as possible. Whether that’s a livestream or getting in the same place to play a real show. After that, it’s about building something sustainable and not letting it be a one-moment spike.
3. “What’s a song you’ve made that means the most to you—and why?”
“Bury Me Down.” It was the first track we made together. Volker sent the instrumental, Zach tracked vocals in one sitting, and it set the foundation for everything that followed. Even after writing more songs, it was the one we kept coming back to.
4. “What emotion or mindset do you want people to feel when they hear your music?”
Tension and release. Our songs sit in that space where things feel like they’re building or unraveling. A lot of what we write about comes from cycles, addiction, mental strain, repetition. So the goal is for people to feel that weight, but also feel understood in it.
5. “What separates you from every other artist in your lane right now?”
Liminal Silence was built entirely online and across time zones, through endless Discord messages, constant file sharing, and a lot of back-and-forth on every detail. That process forces everything to be intentional. We don’t write to fit a lane. Every song starts with a feeling and gets built out from there, whether that means pulling in orchestral elements, ambient layers, or pushing structure in a different direction.
BONUS. “Say someone just became a fan of you—what 1 song should they listen to first and why?”
“Stay Away.” It was our second single and the first track that really connected with people. It captures both sides of what we do, the atmosphere and the weight, and it’s where things started to grow for us.
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